Chair James Hearne called the meeting of the 2007-2008 Academic Coordinating
Commission to order at 4:05 pm on

Tuesday, February 19, 2008. There were twelve (12) members present and
twenty-one (21) others for a total of thirty-three (33). Chair Hearne welcomed
fourteen guests, students of Larry Estrada, American Cultural Studies,
who were present for discussion of the Raza Latina minor.

§TCCC minutes were previously approved with the exception of the six combined majors (affected
by the wording of the prerequisites regarding history courses (mentioned in the
TCCC minutes of 1/15/08 and in the ACC minutes of February 5th). The six
combined majors include the following: Geography/Social Studies, History/Social
Studies, Anthropology/Social Studies, Economics/Social Studies, Political
Science/Social Studies, Sociology/Social Studies. Commissioners had sought
clarification
through conversation with Woodring as to whether the intent of the State mandate
can be broadened to include a descriptive wording such as “societies in the
ancient period” for example, because it appears that inadvertently students can
complete the history requirements without a course in non-Western histories.

§Kathy Knutzen reported that the actual Social
Studies major will be evaluated by History this spring and History will be
bringing some suggestions forward for catalog next year. History is
constructing a suggested list of courses that will be used for Advising, until
the permanent list is incorporated into the catalog next year.

§Leonard Helfgott reported that the topic is
on the History Department agenda for next week. One question that might be
asked is, “Who defines history?” Some definitions may have been constructed by
non-historians. The Faculty in Western’s History Department want to ensure that
any definition of Ancient history includes African, Chinese, Pre-Columbian,
Latin American, etc.

Commissioners moved to approve the combined majors.

CHANGE TO ORDER OF THE AGENDA

Larry Estrada, American Cultural Studies, was present with students from
Fairhaven College to answer questions about the proposed Raza Latina Minor.

41.
Fairhaven College, 1-28-08 – ACCEPTED.Raza Latina Minor approved.

Commissioners reviewed requirements for a new minor entitled Raza Latina as part
of American Cultural Studies. Commissioners expressed interest in the title of
the minor.
Estrada explained the approval process whereby the minor had arrived at ACC.
Commissioners asked about other programs that incorporate Spanish titles.
Estrada noted that much of this material was relegated to Chicano but the title
is inclusive of the large Diaspora of peoples from Central, South America as
well as Mexico. The title allows
building on all the populations from Latin America that have emigrated to U.S.
There is a trend in the country to use this name, and if you type Raza Latina
into Google for example you get “Latin Race.” Leonard Helfgott explained that
the History Department is also in the process of hiring a new Latin American
historian, who will no doubt relate to this program minor.

A motion, by Marie Eaton, seconded by Chelsea Fletcher, was made to
accept the minor which passed unanimously.

On
another note: Fairhaven 414b is the same as HIST364.

38. College of Business and Economics, 1-24-08 - ACCEPTED

Econ
140 is co-listed as Bio140. Commissioners suggested changing the catalog
description to read: “Focus on the causes of salmon decline: habitat”, etc.

39. College of Fine and Performing Arts, 2-1-08 - ACCEPTED

Commissioners suggested adding the following wording to THTR371 and 471:
“and repeatable up to 6 credits.”

40. College of Sciences and Technology, 2/11/08 – ACCEPTED

CSCI 490 was withdrawn.
Commissioners learned that since this is an exam and a zero credit requirement,
it can be created in Banner as an “attribute”. The department will notify CAPP
(Linda Luke who encodes for CAPP was present) when a student qualifies.
Kathleen Kitto requested that David Bover forward her a note regarding this
change. The examination will be mentioned as an exit requirement in the Catalog
(Commissioner noted a similar reference under PE). Student attributes are part
of the data warehouse and can be queried.

42. a. Graduate Council 1-22-08 - ACCEPTED

42 b. Graduate Council 2-5-08 - ACCEPTED

43. International Programs Advisory Committee, 1-28-08 - ACCEPTED

CoSponsorship-Worldlink Academy of German. Tokyo program.

44.
Teacher Curricula andCertification Council 1-29-08 - ACCEPTED

From
CFPA: SciEd; SpecialEd; ElemEd -Accepted. Title of DNC434 is “Dance
Arts in Education”

Chair Hearne mentioned that he is waitng for confirmation and further
information on TESOL Bilingual minor

46 b. Woodring 12-10-08 - ACCEPTED

46 c. Woodring 1-25-08 - ACCEPTED

47. a. Huxley College, Minutes Part II, 10-09-07 - ACCEPTED

Combined majors were accepted, but there is still some discussion
requested with Journalism and Economics. Catalog coordinator continues to work
with Huxley departments on small changes throughout their courses, and to
calculate the effect of changes on the total number of credits.

47.
b. Huxley 10-26-07- ACCEPTED.

EGEO332. Confirm prerequisite with Geology.

ESTU435, 453, 454 were withdrawn since they are already offered as ESTU437
International Studies courses for the summer.

47.
c. and d. Huxley 10-30 & 11-13/07
– ACCEPTED.

Spring Quarter Agendas

§
Commissioners reviewed topics suggested by Commissioners and faculty. A few
topics that may be considered in more detail include reasons why so many
prerequisites exist, and retention standards for majors and minors.
Commissioners acknowledged that in some cases there are not enough faculty so
there must be a restriction on the numbers of students accepted into the major;
commissioners added there is need for clearer proof of what makes
success upon graduation when unusually high standards prevent students from
entering a major or minor.

§Lisa Zuzarte will also prepare requests for discussion,
one of which will include an agreed upon approval routing process that includes
TCCC and Woodring. Zuzarte also mentioned that some College Curricular
committees indicate that the Graduate Council has seen the Graduate courses,
while others do not; and noted that the procedure is difficulty to locate. In
some cases graduate courses might not be available in the graduate major, but
the process for taking appropriate graduate course seminars in related
departments is not always clear.

§Chair Hearne will bring a more fleshed-out list of topics
to the next meeting.

Adjournment

Commissioners were pleased to have met the catalog deadline in
reviewing extensive sets of minutes, and adjourned at 5:17 pm.